آبادی

Kalasha

Etymology

From Persian آبادی‎.

Noun

آبادی (Latin abadi)

1. house

   Synonyms: dur, khatuman

   ‏تانتے آبادی ساوزیل پوُتراسو۔‎‎

   tanté abádi sawzél pútras o.

   His son will build a house by himself.

Persian

Etymology

From آباد‎ (âbâd).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.βɑː.ˈðiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.bɑː.d̪íː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.bɑː.d̪íː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.bɑː.d̪íː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.bɔː.d̪íː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.bɒː.d̪íː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.bɔ.d̪í]

Readings
Classical reading?	āḇāḏī
Dari reading?	ābādī
Iranian reading?	âbâdi
Tajik reading?	obodī

Noun

Dari	آبادی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ободӣ

آبادی • (âbâdi)

1. village
2. prosperity

Descendants

• → Bengali: আবাদী (abadi)
• → Hindi: आबादी (ābādī)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آبادی‎ (ābādi). Equivalent to آباد‎ (ābād) +‎ ـی‎ (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.bɑː.d̪iː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: آ‧با‧دی

Noun

آبادی • (ābādī) f (Hindi spelling आबादी)

1. population
2. settlement

   Synonym: بستی‎ (bastī)

Declension

Declension of آبادی
	singular	plural
direct	آبادی (ābādī)	آبادیاں‎ (ābādiyā̃)
oblique	آبادی (ābādī)	آبادیوں‎ (ābādiyō̃)
vocative	آبادی (ābādī)	آبادیو‎ (ābādiyō)

Further reading

• “آبادی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “آبادی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “آبادی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.